Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2018, at 289.2 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 83 males per 100 females. The median was 98.5 males per 100 females and the figure for the World was 101.4 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 289.2 | -3.4% |
| 2 | Oman Estimated | 184 | -2.2% |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 182.7 | -0.4% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 169.2 | -0.8% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 160.6 | -3% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 160.2 | +3.8% |
| 7 | Maldives Estimated | 154.3 | +2.2% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.9 | +0.2% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 119.4 | +0.8% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 116.8 | +0.6% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.3 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.3 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.6 | +0.2% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.9 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.7 | +0.2% |
| 16 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 110.1 | +0.4% |
| 17 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 108 | -2.5% |
| 18 | Saint Helena Estimated | 107.5 | -1.9% |
| 19 | Jordan Estimated | 107.4 | -0.1% |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.1 | -0.2% |
| 21 | India Estimated | 106.8 | -0% |
| 22 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.7 | +0.2% |
| 23 | Singapore Estimated | 106.4 | -0.6% |
| 24 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Tuvalu Estimated | 105.8 | +0.1% |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 105.7 | -0.1% |
| 27 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.1 | -0% |
| 28 | Nauru Estimated | 104.8 | +0.1% |
| 29 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104.8 | -0.2% |
| 30 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.8 | 0% |
| 31 | China Estimated | 104.6 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Algeria Estimated | 104.5 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.5 | -0.1% |
| 34 | Iceland Estimated | 104.4 | +1.3% |
| 35 | Libya Estimated | 104.1 | -0.1% |
| 36 | Gabon Estimated | 104 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Guam Estimated | 103.9 | -0.2% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 103.8 | -0.1% |
| 39 | Andorra Estimated | 103.4 | +0.5% |
| 40 | Malta Estimated | 103.3 | +1.4% |
| 41 | Montserrat Estimated | 103.2 | -0.8% |
| 42 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 43 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.1 | +0.2% |
| 44 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102.9 | -0.3% |
| 45 | American Samoa Estimated | 102.8 | -0.2% |
| 46 | Yemen Estimated | 102.8 | -0.1% |
| 47 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 102.6 | -0.3% |
| 48 | Samoa Estimated | 102.3 | -0.5% |
| 49 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.1 | -0.1% |
| 50 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 51 | Mali Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 52 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.9 | +0.1% |
| 53 | Morocco Estimated | 101.9 | +0.1% |
| 54 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.8 | -0.1% |
| 55 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.8 | +0.7% |
| 56 | Grenada Estimated | 101.8 | -0.3% |
| 57 | Belize Estimated | 101.8 | 0% |
| 58 | Honduras Estimated | 101.6 | -0% |
| 59 | Norway Estimated | 101.6 | 0% |
| 60 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.6 | 0% |
| 61 | Senegal Estimated | 101.4 | +0.6% |
| 62 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.4 | -0.1% |
| 63 | Laos Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 64 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | 0% |
| 65 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.1 | +0.1% |
| 66 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.1 | -0.1% |
| 67 | United States Estimated | 101 | +0.2% |
| 68 | Sweden Estimated | 101 | +0.2% |
| 69 | Indonesia Estimated | 101 | 0% |
| 70 | Togo Estimated | 101 | +0.1% |
| 71 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.9 | -0.2% |
| 72 | Suriname Estimated | 100.8 | -0.2% |
| 73 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.8 | 0% |
| 74 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 75 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 76 | Dominica Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 78 | Tokelau Estimated | 100.6 | -1.9% |
| 79 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 100.4 | +0.3% |
| 80 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 81 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.3 | -0.1% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 83 | Iraq Estimated | 100.2 | +0.1% |
| 84 | Benin Estimated | 100.2 | +0.1% |
| 85 | South Korea Estimated | 100.1 | -0.1% |
| 86 | Syria Estimated | 100.1 | -0.2% |
| 87 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 88 | Philippines Estimated | 99.9 | -0.3% |
| 89 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 90 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 91 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 92 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Peru Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 94 | Mongolia Estimated | 99.4 | +0.4% |
| 95 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 96 | Botswana Estimated | 99.4 | +0.2% |
| 97 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 98 | Fiji Estimated | 99.3 | -0.3% |
| 99 | Liberia Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 100 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 101 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 102 | Slovenia Estimated | 99.3 | +0.6% |
| 103 | Kenya Estimated | 99.1 | -0.1% |
| 104 | Taiwan Estimated | 99.1 | -0.3% |
| 105 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.1 | -0% |
| 106 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.1 | +0.1% |
| 107 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 108 | Gambia Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 109 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 110 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 98.9 | -0.6% |
| 111 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 98.8 | -0.2% |
| 112 | Sudan Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 113 | Canada Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Israel Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 115 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | 0% |
| 116 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 117 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.6 | -0.1% |
| 118 | Palestine Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 119 | Burundi Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 120 | Haiti Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 121 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 122 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 123 | New Caledonia Estimated | 98.4 | -0.4% |
| 124 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.4 | -0.2% |
| 125 | Argentina Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 126 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 127 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.3 | 0% |
| 128 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.3 | -0% |
| 129 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.3 | +0.3% |
| 130 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 131 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.2 | -0.3% |
| 133 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 134 | Cuba Estimated | 98.2 | -0.1% |
| 135 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 136 | Guernsey Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 98.1 | +0.7% |
| 138 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 139 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 140 | Uganda Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 141 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 142 | Zambia Estimated | 97.9 | +0.1% |
| 143 | Colombia Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 144 | Angola Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Bermuda Estimated | 97.7 | -0.5% |
| 146 | Jersey Estimated | 97.6 | -0% |
| 147 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 148 | Finland Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Brazil Estimated | 97.3 | -0.1% |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.1 | +0.1% |
| 151 | Belgium Estimated | 97.1 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.1 | +0.1% |
| 153 | Czechia Estimated | 97.1 | +0.1% |
| 154 | North Korea Estimated | 97 | +0.1% |
| 155 | Guinea Estimated | 96.9 | +0.2% |
| 156 | Bangladesh Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 157 | Austria Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 158 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.8 | -0.3% |
| 159 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | 0% |
| 160 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 161 | Spain Estimated | 96.6 | -0.1% |
| 162 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.5 | +0.3% |
| 163 | Thailand Estimated | 96.2 | -0.2% |
| 164 | Guyana Estimated | 96.1 | +0.9% |
| 165 | Lebanon Estimated | 96.1 | -1% |
| 166 | Monaco Estimated | 96.1 | +0.1% |
| 167 | Anguilla Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 168 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 169 | Eswatini Estimated | 95.8 | +0.3% |
| 170 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.8 | +0.1% |
| 171 | Central African Republic Estimated | 95.8 | -0.1% |
| 172 | Tonga Estimated | 95.7 | -1% |
| 173 | Tajikistan Estimated | 95.7 | +0.2% |
| 174 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.6 | 0% |
| 175 | North Macedonia Estimated | 95.6 | -0.3% |
| 176 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 177 | French Guiana Estimated | 95.6 | -0.8% |
| 178 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.5 | +0.2% |
| 179 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.4 | +0.1% |
| 180 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 95.4 | +0.5% |
| 181 | Italy Estimated | 95.1 | +0.3% |
| 182 | Malawi Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 183 | Namibia Estimated | 94.9 | +0.2% |
| 184 | Mexico Estimated | 94.9 | -0.1% |
| 185 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.7 | +0.1% |
| 186 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.5 | +0.1% |
| 187 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.3 | -0.1% |
| 188 | San Marino Estimated | 94.2 | +0.2% |
| 189 | Poland Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 190 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 191 | South Africa Estimated | 94 | +0.2% |
| 192 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94 | -0.1% |
| 193 | France Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 93.8 | -0.4% |
| 195 | Romania Estimated | 93.8 | +0.1% |
| 196 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 93.8 | +0.5% |
| 197 | Greece Estimated | 93.6 | +0.1% |
| 198 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 93.6 | +0.5% |
| 199 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.5 | +0.1% |
| 200 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 93.2 | -0.3% |
| 201 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.1 | 0% |
| 202 | Montenegro Estimated | 93 | -0% |
| 203 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 204 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 92.8 | +0.5% |
| 205 | Bahamas Estimated | 92.6 | -0.3% |
| 206 | Niue Estimated | 92 | +0.9% |
| 207 | Barbados Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Réunion Estimated | 91.6 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Hungary Estimated | 91.6 | +0.3% |
| 210 | Nepal Estimated | 91.5 | -0.6% |
| 211 | Serbia Estimated | 91 | 0% |
| 212 | Vatican City Estimated | 90.9 | -1.2% |
| 213 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.7 | -0.1% |
| 214 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | 0% |
| 215 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.5 | +0.1% |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 90.4 | -1.7% |
| 217 | Portugal Estimated | 90.2 | -0.1% |
| 218 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.1 | +0.1% |
| 219 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 90 | -0.4% |
| 220 | Mayotte Estimated | 90 | +1.5% |
| 221 | Aruba Estimated | 89.6 | -0.2% |
| 222 | Curaçao Estimated | 89.6 | +5.7% |
| 223 | Estonia Estimated | 89.2 | +0.6% |
| 224 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88.8 | +0.9% |
| 225 | Macao Estimated | 87.7 | -0.5% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.3 | 0% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | -0% |
| 229 | Russia Estimated | 86.7 | +0.1% |
| 230 | Lithuania Estimated | 86.1 | +0.6% |
| 231 | Moldova Estimated | 86 | -0.2% |
| 232 | Armenia Estimated | 85.6 | +0.2% |
| 233 | Latvia Estimated | 85.3 | +0.3% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 85.2 | -0.6% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 84.7 | -0.5% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 83 | -0.3% |
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About this ranking
Males per 100 females in the total population on July 1. UN World Population Prospects estimates for every country and the World.
Values above 100 mean more men than women. Large inflows of male migrant workers raise the ratio well above 100 in some Gulf states. This is the ratio for all ages, not the sex ratio at birth.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.Citation styles
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Which country has the highest sex ratio of the population?
Qatar, with 289.2 males per 100 females in 2018, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Which country has the lowest sex ratio of the population?
Hong Kong, with 83 males per 100 females in 2018.
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